Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

arquebusier

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ar-que-bus-i-er
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A soldier armed with an arquebus.

Example Sentences

"This included the head-piece and gorgett, the back and breast, with skirts of iron called tasses or tassets covering the thighs, as may be seen in the figures, representing the exercise of the pike, published anno 1622, by the title of the Military Art of Training; the same kind of armour was worn by the harquebusiers."

Etymology

From Middle French arquebusier, hacquebousier, corresponding to arquebus + -ier.

Origin

Source language: Middle French

Word Breakdown

Root: arquebusier,hacquebousier
Suffix: arquebus

Inflected Forms

arquebusiers (plural)

Synonyms

hackbuteer hackbutter

Rhymes With

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Questions

What does arquebusier mean?: A soldier armed with an arquebus.
Where does arquebusier come from?: It is traced to Middle French.

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